Paraprosdokians: A Host’s Best Friend

That is called a paraprosdokian which, according to this column on Aish.com is a two-part sentence where the first seems normal and the second changes the meaning of the first part in a surprising or shocking way.

Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard the term. I hadn’t either until yesterday when I wrote this post.

Here are some more examples of the concept but be warned, since I found the column on Aish.com, they are mostly jewish-style humor: